Package: quilt
Version: 0.42-2
Severity: minor
The presentation of the options could be improved. Now there is
mixture of short options and long options. Some of the options can be
abbreviated and some not. Sometimes option is only available in long
format, but is impractical, because it is used so often
(e.g. --strip-trailing-whitespace)
EXAMPLES:
header [-a|-r|-e] [--backup] [--strip-diffstat] [--strip-trailing-
whitespace] [patch]
Print or change the header of the topmost or specified patch.
-a, -r, -e
Append to (-a) or replace (-r) the exiting patch header, or edit
(-e) the header in $EDITOR (vi). If none of these options is
given, print the patch header.
--strip-diffstat
Strip diffstat output from the header.
--strip-trailing-whitespace
Strip trailing whitespace at the end of lines of the header.
--backup
Create a backup copy of the old version of a patch as patch~.
SUGGESTED CHANGE (likewise for the rest)
* Be consistent with the option naming
* Provide both short and long for all options
* Use Capital letter for short options that are used less often (like
below: -S compared to -s)
header [-a|-r|-e] [--backup] [--strip-diffstat] [--strip-trailing-
whitespace] [patch]
Print or change the header of the topmost or specified patch.
-a|--append,
-r|--remove
-e|--edit
Append to (-a) or replace (-r) the exiting patch header, or edit
(-e) the header in $EDITOR (vi). If none of these options is
given, print the patch header.
-S|--strip-diffstat
Strip diffstat output from the header.
-s|--strip-trailing-whitespace
Strip trailing whitespace at the end of lines of the header.
-b|--backup
Create a backup copy of the old version of a patch as patch~.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-2-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US)
Versions of packages quilt depends on:
ii bzip2 1.0.3-2 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii diffstat 1.41-1 produces graph of changes introduc
ii gawk 1:3.1.5-1 GNU awk, a pattern scanning and pr
ii gettext 0.14.5-2 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii libc6 2.3.5-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii patch 2.5.9-4 Apply a diff file to an original
quilt recommends no packages.
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